Stoke Potters Season 1978
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Stoke Potters Season 1978 Compiled by Dave Allan First published March 2016 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This file was only made possible thanks to the invaluable contributions of the following: Steve Wilkes & Gary Done (Ellesmere Port & 1978 Speedway Mails) Stuart Staite-Aris & associates (Coventry) Mike Hunter (Edinburgh) Brian Collins (Internationals) Mark Aspinell (Rye House) Gary Weldon (Boston) Steve Ashley (Boston & Leicester) John (Hull) Colin Jewes & Phil Johnson (Cradley Heath) Arnie Gibbons (Reading) Mark Fellows (Wolverhampton) Matt Jackson (Sheffield) Neil Fife (Newcastle) David Housely (Various) Keith Corns (Various) The knowledgable members of the British Speedway Forum and the Easy, Tiger! Forum RACECARDS The following symbols are in use throughout this file: R/R Rider replacement N Rider replaced by reserve TS Rider replaced by tactical substitute R Rider did not finish for reason other than fall or exclusion EF Rider suffered engine failure and failed to finish F Rider fell and did not remount FX Rider fell and was excluded from race or rerun FN Rider fell and was unable to take his place in rerun E Rider excluded for starting offence (including tape touching & breaking, delaying start, etc.) M Rider excluded under two minute rule X Rider excluded for any other reason not E or M. Reason for exclusion noted where known. NS Rider failed to start but was not excluded or replaced NTR New track record ETR Equals track record Reruns are not assumed, they are only recorded where reported. (guest) Rider is making a ‘full and proper’ guest appearance (loanee) Rider has been borrowed from home track to make up the team Stoke Potters 1978 Date Home Away Event Result Notes 01/04/1978 Stoke Pride Of The Potteries Individual Steve Finch 02/04/1978 Berwick Stoke National League 55-23 03/04/1978 Scunthorpe Stoke Challenge 40-37 08/04/1978 Stoke Scunthorpe Challenge L2 50-28 09/04/1978 Rye House Stoke National League 52-26 15/04/1978 Stoke Boston National League 56-22 18/04/1978 Crayford Stoke National League 52-25 22/04/1978 Stoke Red Star Prague International Challenge 23-55 29/04/1978 Stoke Crayford National League 57-21 06/05/1978 Stoke Weymouth National League 43-35 12/05/1978 Workington Stoke NL KOC R1 L1 40-38 13/05/1978 Stoke Workington NL KOC R1 L2 51-27 16/05/1978 Barrow Stoke National League 34-43 20/05/1978 Stoke Barrow National League 53-25 21/05/1978 Mildenhall Stoke National League 41-37 27/05/1978 Stoke Birmingham Inter-League Challenge 32-46 28/05/1978 Boston Boston v Scunthorpe v Peterborough v Stoke NL 4TT QR e1 29 v 11 v 25 v 31 03/06/1978 Stoke Stoke v Scunthorpe v Boston v Peterborough NL 4TT QR e2 33 v 14 v 13 v 36 05/06/1978 Scunthorpe Scunthorpe v Boston v Peterborough v Stoke NL 4TT QR e3 26 v 19 v 25 v 26 08/06/1978 Oxford Stoke NL KOC R2 L1 47-31 09/06/1978 Peterborough Peterborough v Boston v Scunthorpe v Stoke NL 4TT QR e4 38 v 23 v 12 v 22 10/06/1978 Stoke Oxford NL KOC R2 L2 43-35 13/06/1978 Milton Keynes Stoke National League 33-45 17/06/1978 Stoke Newcastle National League 38-40 24/06/1978 Stoke Canterbury National League 29-49 25/06/1978 Eastbourne Stoke National League 56-20 27/06/1978 Weymouth Stoke National League 38-40 01/07/1978 Canterbury Stoke National League 40-38 02/07/1978 Stoke Stoke v Wolverhampton v Belle Vue v Sheffield Four Team 26 v 30 v 13 v 27 07/07/1978 Ellesmere Port Stoke National League 52-26 08/07/1978 Stoke Eastbourne National League Rained Off 16/07/1978 Stoke Teesside National League 55-23 17/07/1978 Newcastle Stoke National League 53-25 20/07/1978 Teesside Stoke National League 47-31 21/07/1978 Workington Workington v Teesside v Stoke Three Team 46 v 32 v 29 22/07/1978 Stoke Mildenhall National League 42-36 Stoke Potters 1978 Date Home Away Event Result Notes 28/07/1978 Glasgow Stoke National League 44-34 29/07/1978 Stoke Oxford National League 45-33 30/07/1978 Peterborough Edinburgh v Stoke v Newcastle v Peterborough NL 4TT SF1 10 v 13 v 12 v 12 30/07/1978 Peterborough Stoke v Peterborough v Canterbury v Ellesmere Port NL 4TT Final 12 v 18 v 09 v 09 01/08/1978 Weymouth Stoke Challenge 37-41 05/08/1978 Stoke Warners Grand National Midland Final Individual Rained Off 12/08/1978 Stoke Warners Grand National Midland Final Individual Bob Humphreys 13/08/1978 Boston Stoke National League 43-35 20/08/1978 Stoke Workington National League 43-35 21/08/1978 Scunthorpe Stoke National League 35-43 26/08/1978 Stoke Scunthorpe National League 47-31 01/09/1978 Peterborough Stoke National League 39-39 03/09/1978 Stoke Edinburgh National League 51-27 03/09/1978 Stoke Ellesmere Port National League 42-36 10/09/1978 Stoke Glasgow National League 54-24 15/09/1978 Edinburgh Stoke National League 46-32 16/09/1978 Stoke Rye House National League 47-31 16/09/1978 Stoke Berwick National League 57-21 21/09/1978 Oxford Stoke National League 43-35 24/09/1978 Stoke Peterborough National League 44-34 29/09/1978 Workington Stoke National League Rained Off 30/09/1978 Stoke Milton Keynes National League 41-37 07/10/1978 Stoke England v Australasia Fourth NL Test 69.5-38.5 08/10/1978 Ellesmere Port Stoke Challenge 56-52 14/10/1978 Stoke Eastbourne National League 48-30 15/10/1978 Workington Stoke National League Rained Off 23/10/1978 Birmingham Birmingham v Coventry v Stoke v Wolverhampton Four Team (pairs) 25 v 35 v 11 v 25 27/10/1978 Workington Stoke National League 40-38 Stoke: Pride Of The Potteries Saturday 1st April 1978 TOT POS 1. Stuart Mountford (Stoke) 3 1 3 2 3 12 3rd 2. Ian Jeffcoate (Stoke) 1 1 1 EF 1 4 3. Pete Reading (Teesside) 0 1 2 1 0 4 4. Steve Finch (Ellesmere Port) 2 2 3 3 3 13 2nd (after RO) 5. Ian Clark (Peterborough) 1 2 3 0 1 7 6. Tony Lomas (Stoke) 3 2 2 2 2 11 7. Phil Bass (Milton Keynes) 2 3 0 1 X 6 8. Ian Gledhill (Stoke) 0 N N N N 0 9. Stewart Collin (Stoke) 1 0 1 1 2 5 10. Dave Trownson (Edinburgh) 2 3 1 2 2 10 11. Ian Robertson (Stoke) 3 2 1 3 0 9 12. Alan Louth (Boston) 0 1 0 0 1 2 13. Tim Nunan (Stoke) 3 3 2 2 3 13 1st (after RO) 14. John Jackson (Ellesmere Port) EF N 3 3 2 8 15. John Harrhy (Stoke) 2 0 2 0 1 5 16. Robbie Gardner (Newcastle) 1 3 0 3 3 10 17. Mick Blaynee (Stoke) (reserve) 0 0 0 1 F 1 No second reserve Ht. 01: Mountford, Finch, Jeffcoate, Reading, 68.8 Ht. 02: Lomas, Bass, Clark, Gledhill, 71.0 Ht. 03: Robertson, Trownson, Collin, Louth, 71.2 Ht. 04: Nunan, Harrhy, Gardner, Jackson (ef), 70.6 Ht. 05: Nunan, Clark, Mountford, Collin, 70.6 Ht. 06: Trownson, Lomas, Jeffcoate, Blaynee, 72.0 Ht. 07: Bass, Robertson, Reading, Harrhy, 71.2 Ht. 08: Gardner, Finch, Louth, Blaynee, 69.8 Ht. 09: Mountford, Lomas, Robertson, Gardner, 72.0 Ht. 10: Clark, Harrhy, Jeffcoate, Louth, 72.2 Ht. 11: Jackson, Reading, Collin, Blaynee, 68.4 Ht. 12: Finch, Nunan, Trownson, Bass, 69.6 Ht. 13: Jackson, Mountford, Bass, Louth, 68.8 Ht. 14: Robertson, Nunan, Blaynee, Jeffcoate (ef), 71.2 Ht. 15: Gardner, Trownson, Reading, Clark, 70.6 Ht. 16: Finch, Lomas, Collin, Harrhy, 69.2 Ht. 17: Mountford, Trownson, Harrhy, Blaynee (fell), 72.2 Ht. 18: Gardner, Collin, Jeffcoate, Bass (exc), 72.6 Ht. 19: Nunan, Lomas, Louth, Reading, 72.0 Ht. 20: Finch, Jackson, Clark, Robertson, 69.6 Run Off: (for 1st place) Finch, Nunan, 70.0 Berwick Bandits v Stoke Potters Sunday 2nd April 1978 (National League) Berwick Bandits 55 TOT BP 1. Graham Jones 2* 2* 3 1 8 2 2. Dave Gifford 3 3 3 2* 11 1 3. Jack Millen R 2* 2 3 7 1 4. Mike Hiftle 3 3 3 3 12 0 5. Mike Fullerton E 1 2* R 3 1 6. Willie Templeton 3 2* 2 3 10 1 7. Colin Caffrey 1 2* 1* 4 2 Stoke Potters 23 TOT BP 1. John Harrhy 0 0 TS N 0 0 2. Tim Nunan 1 2 1 R 4 0 3. Tony Lomas 3 1 1 3 2 10 0 4. Ian Gledhill 0 0 N 2 2 0 5. Stuart Mountford 1 1 R 0 E 2 0 6. Ian Jeffcoate 2 0 TS 0 2 0 7. Ian Robertson R 1 0 1 1* 3 1 Ht. 01: Gifford, Jones, Nunan, Harrhy, 77.2 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Templeton, Jeffcoate, Caffrey, Robertson (ret), 77.6 4 - 2 9 - 3 Ht. 03: Hiftle, Templeton, Mountford, Gledhill, Fullerton (exc, tapes), 76.0 5 - 1 14 - 4 Ht. 04: Lomas, Templeton, Robertson, Millen (ret), 77.8 2 - 4 16 - 8 Ht. 05: Hiftle, Nunan, Fullerton, Harrhy, 76.6 4 - 2 20 - 10 Ht. 06: Gifford, Jones, Lomas, Jeffcoate, 77.2 5 - 1 25 - 11 Ht. 07: Templeton, Millen, Mountford, Gledhill, 77.0 5 - 1 30 - 12 Ht. 08: Gifford, Caffrey, Nunan, Robertson, 78.0 5 - 1 35 - 13 Ht.